PURPOSE: To document by optical coherence tomography (OCT) the reattachment of the margins of a retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) tear. METHODS: Single case report, documented by OCT scans, autofluorescence and fluorescein angiography. RESULTS: A 67-year-old male presented with a spontaneous RPE tear due to age-related macular degeneration in his right eye. Three months later we observed that the focal RPE tear had healed and there was a new intraretinal fluid, well documented by OCT imaging. CONCLUSIONS: OCT scans show the reattachment of the margins of an RPE tear healed by tissue remodelling, and illustrate how the disease can recur. 2009 S. Karger AG, Basel.
PURPOSE: To document by optical coherence tomography (OCT) the reattachment of the margins of a retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) tear. METHODS: Single case report, documented by OCT scans, autofluorescence and fluorescein angiography. RESULTS: A 67-year-old male presented with a spontaneous RPE tear due to age-related macular degeneration in his right eye. Three months later we observed that the focal RPE tear had healed and there was a new intraretinal fluid, well documented by OCT imaging. CONCLUSIONS: OCT scans show the reattachment of the margins of an RPE tear healed by tissue remodelling, and illustrate how the disease can recur. 2009 S. Karger AG, Basel.
Authors: Helena Giannakaki-Zimmermann; Giuseppe Querques; Inger Christine Munch; Daraius Shroff; David Sarraf; Xuejing Chen; Eduardo Cunha-Souza; Sarah Mrejen; Vittorio Capuano; Murilo W Rodrigues; Charu Gupta; Andreas Ebneter; Martin S Zinkernagel; Marion R Munk Journal: BMC Ophthalmol Date: 2017-05-15 Impact factor: 2.209